Parents it seems have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus but persistence is what wins out.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Survival in the cool economics of biology means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.